HOUSE  01'  llErl5SSi2^VTO\EEB,'lVW  s;"lSG  1.— Read  first 
and  second  times,  referred  to^Tllu  CoiiUflMoe  on  Military  Aflfairs,  and 
ordered  to  be  printed. 


[By  Mr.  Sexton.  | 

J^   JBIJLL 

To  be  entitled  in  Act  to  provide  additional  compensation  for  the  sol- 
diers of  the  aviiiy  of  the  Confederate  State?,  and  for  the  familicr*  of 
those  who  die  in  the  service. 

1  Section  I .   The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Amerim  do 

2  enact,  Tliat  there  shall  be  issncd  to  every  non-commissioned  oflScer 

3  or  private  v;ho  ha«  an  honorable  dischar^L^e  from  llu-  Mvuiy  of  the 

4  Confederate  States,  a  bond,  drawiuix  ei;.dit  per  eenf,  interest.,  for 

5  an  amount  equal  to  the  amount  whieli  ha.s  been  paid  liim  while  iu 

6  service,  and  that  said  bond  shall  bear  even  date  ^Y^lh  the  discharge, 

7  and  the  intotest  thereon  shall  lie  iiaA-able  serai-annuallv.  in  coin, 

8  by  means  of  coupons   attached   to  said  bonds,  and  tbat  one-half 

9  of  the  principal  of  paid  bond  shall  be  payable  i)t  ten  years,  and 

10  the  other  half  in  twenty  yearfl,  in  coin,  and  thai  '<aid   bond,  and 

11  the  intercpt  due  thereon,  shall  only  be  payable  to  the  original 

12  obligee  durinp   life,  and  to  his  legal   representatives  after   his 

13  death. 


I         Sec.  3.  That  the  wife  and  children,  or  widowed  mother,  of  any 

J  private  or  non-commissioned  officer  who  ehall  die  in  service  shall 

3  bo  entitled  to  a  bond  of  like  character  and  conditions,  liciiriri* 

1  date  on  the  day  of  the  death  of  the  lather,  husband  '<r  8on. 
I         Sec.  3.  The  coupons  of  interest  due  on  the  bonds  provided  for 

3  in  this  act  Bhall  be  receivable  for  any  taxes  due  the  Confederate 
S  States,  from  the  obligees  of  said  bonds,  and  the  bonds  themselves 

4  shall  never  be  subject  to  taxation. 


